Winter's here so pedal building time!

[krispn]

OK so I got my solder iron and on the look out for good kits with a view to making my buddy a killer dirt box for his birthday ( and maybe the two guitarists in my band a s a surprise )

As well as the DIYstompbox and BYOC sites where can you recommend a noob to visit or get some good pedal schematics.

Cheers

[LukeFRC]

seeing as you will end up getting all your stuff from www.musikding.de look at their kits....
and freestompboxes.org is amazing... the catalinbread sft clone i made on vero is brill

[krispn]

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1058101' date='Dec 14 2010, 12:59 AM']seeing as you will end up getting all your stuff from www.musikding.de look at their kits....
and freestompboxes.org is amazing... the catalinbread sft clone i made on vero is brill[/quote]


vero is the non-solder boards right? Im gonna check out the OCD clone and maybe a fuzz as well hopefully nice and simple Cheers Luke

[GarethFlatlands]

[quote name='krispn' post='1058157' date='Dec 14 2010, 07:53 AM']vero is the non-solder boards right? Im gonna check out the OCD clone and maybe a fuzz as well hopefully nice and simple Cheers Luke[/quote]

Nope, vero needs soldering. Its the one with the track in lines which you'll need to break to stop short. Easy with a drill bit or a tool like a bradawl.

Try [url="http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php/v/DRAGONFLY-LAYOUTS_0/"]here[/url] for a load of layouts on various boards.

[pete.young]

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1058101' date='Dec 14 2010, 12:59 AM']seeing as you will end up getting all your stuff from www.musikding.de look at their kits....[/quote]

That's very handy - I was just thinking that I could really use a clean boost pedal, and here are two of them!

Would anyone care to comment on what the difference might be between the Lineal and the HardOne, other than the former has a linear pot and the latter a log pot?

[badgerific]

[quote name='pete.young' post='1058975' date='Dec 14 2010, 08:54 PM']That's very handy - I was just thinking that I could really use a clean boost pedal, and here are two of them!

Would anyone care to comment on what the difference might be between the Lineal and the HardOne, other than the former has a linear pot and the latter a log pot?[/quote]

I think the Lineal is based on a EHX LPB-1 and he HardOne is a Zvex SHO clone.



To TS, if you're looking for complete kits, I'd recommend BYOC over the das musikding kits after building both. Also check the BYOC forum, there's a good few vero layouts and the people there are quite friendly.

[krispn]

[quote name='badgerific' post='1059063' date='Dec 14 2010, 10:07 PM']I think the Lineal is based on a EHX LPB-1 and he HardOne is a Zvex SHO clone.



To TS, if you're looking for complete kits, I'd recommend BYOC over the das musikding kits after building both. Also check the BYOC forum, there's a good few vero layouts and the people there are quite friendly.[/quote]


Cheers!

I'll get registered and see what I can unearth!

[pete.young]

[quote name='badgerific' post='1059063' date='Dec 14 2010, 10:07 PM']I think the Lineal is based on a EHX LPB-1 and he HardOne is a Zvex SHO clone.[/quote]

Thanks for that. In that case the Zvex clone is probably the one I'll go for.

I also found these guys: [url="http://www.diypedalkits.com/"]http://www.diypedalkits.com/[/url] . Has anyone here had anything to do with them?

Kind regards,

Pete

[Al Heeley]

some more essential sites for you:
GeoFX.com
Tonepad.com
Banzai music for parts - great selection of knobs (phnaarr) [url="http://www.banzaimusic.com/"]http://www.banzaimusic.com/[/url]
Beavis Audio - simply brilliant site! [url="http://www.beavisaudio.com/"]http://www.beavisaudio.com/[/url]

[pete.young]

+1 for Banzai, I have one of their A/B/Y boxes and it's quality.

[LukeFRC]

crap maplin solder.... no no.... man towards bottom of dalkeith road with his little electronics shop.... old lead solder.... he's also got lots of very old components, its the electrical version of murrays tools on morrison st.


(sorry for the edinburgh chat but any man who has lived in edinburgh will know murrays tools.... if they don't.... are they really a man? )

[krispn]

Luke how far along the ODR? as far as the hospital or before the roundabout?

[uncle psychosis]

[quote name='pete.young' post='1059457' date='Dec 15 2010, 12:31 PM']Thanks for that. In that case the Zvex clone is probably the one I'll go for.

I also found these guys: [url="http://www.diypedalkits.com/"]http://www.diypedalkits.com/[/url] . Has anyone here had anything to do with them?[/quote]

They're run by one of the regulars over at the musicradar.com forum. I haven't built any of the kits myself but a few of the guys over there have done so and all seem happy with the results.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN_ouc6GZCE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN_ouc6GZCE[/url]

[umph]

should draw up a schematic for my pedal and get sme feedback ;o

[pete.young]

[quote name='uncle psychosis' post='1060596' date='Dec 16 2010, 02:28 PM']They're run by one of the regulars over at the musicradar.com forum. I haven't built any of the kits myself but a few of the guys over there have done so and all seem happy with the results.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN_ouc6GZCE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN_ouc6GZCE[/url][/quote]

Well, I went for the diypedalkits clean boost pedal. It was expensive for a kit, but had the advantage of having the casing pre-drilled, something which I'm not really tooled up to make a decent job of. It works really well - I've posted a review in the reviews section here [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=116827"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=116827[/url]